New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
DAVID HILL AT HOME.
Ugar HE THINKS About POLITICS
DREAM OF BLIssFUL HARMONY.

,ur GIoR1rs OF THE NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION
|ar,,oc.sr WITH HOUSE BUILT AROUND If.
.n,xv lime 1.-THE last session Of the Legislat-
has ,ett no doubt as TO Hills position IN the c0un-
~, ot hi. party II his supremacy was opcn to qurs-
sin before certainly is not now. lie IS haceie2ot'
IA where he sits there is the head Of the table lie
o. worked for ii assduously and with cunning In
Iainc the boisterous waters OF state otlcs ne has
d everv stone he trod .0re trusting he Tort
- ,n,n it. And yet no one who knows him aud Is
onahe of exercising good judgment wonid areaui Oh
,irbutine to HIM any signal ability. statecri' s ny
no means the secret OF his remarkable suec S. MS
aIit;os IN combination rare enough, out 10 one
=, them ia Il worthy Sagaeity Is his strong pom"
n. 80 through the glass less darkly than most meh
n, ,drs,ards tie temper OF the people ana stoules
.bs,r moods scientifically. His principles are hot OIL
az embarrassing character. so thai DO re""IS US
III sails t. catch each passing breeze lie cav see VIC
So,es n long way of and rs always ready LOT In,u
~, no, c,oe What il most important oil all, ne
- ,a,ty ol time for political work lie Is oaehe'of
na hos no family 10 engage mis- time ana attenlI,"'
spol,tinsr = his wife and he loves her deVo'euiy'
gpo,itics" is his child. and he denies !, no'"'"s.
There is not so much rivalry IN leadelsuP a. O"'
,rigb, think Most men have their private e'npioS-
- ~ ,hinl, about and Il j. an immense advantage
man when his business il that OF party mahP"i"-
zion From morning till night Hill has nothing ~
eoncern himself with but the game h Is piaNing'
IL ,oeth,ds are those OF the ordinary pohcian' out
he great sstuteness 10 oSar uYVh '"'"
,iop II IA rough way to put it. but II Is iact thl'
h, opnroving signature bill OF the Leg stature is
usnaIv 10 be obtained only for a price mat h. DC
eoDtrives TO make the members 1eel thoV luoN az
under per,oual obi cations to him Tor the suece SUI
issue OF THEN local bills When they first come 10 MN
ahont them he hems and haws and sees innuIneraoe
difficulties in the way of such a bll. lie suggests
char e. and sends them of feeling that the very Con-
s.,u,ion. or some equally formidable oOsrncuoh'
,sb,ch oniv the Governor deal witn STANDS oc-
tween them and their pcayuue bills 10 repair bridges
and erect niIeposts hill keeps up this process OF
ba,qlur and parleying untl. hen he finally agrees
~ gn the members feel that they unier profound
obia ii ms 10 MIN. In this way too, he has Eucceeucu
In legislation hen IL did not sui hm ior
the MASSAGE Of a bill over his veto was impossible
The Governor has been anxious TO get into mis- new
mansion. which BIO looks upon with something hhe
maternal afec on. de unoR the piazza oil MS oid
house last night ookiIg wsttny over at the ne" one
brilliantly Illuminated in several chambers where me
electric machinery was being tested. Seated with tue
Governor was HE Elmra chum and confidential agent,
Judge Muller. Muller Is sort OF Ouberna'ofiai
speak g-tube. lie goes about the StA'e shIae7' NJ
shnn. TO the local managers. He oobs up constantly
an the legislative rooms during session. and drops
onie littl, hints here and there lie often goes TO
Nev-York and SUI otAes down rarnmany RULED h'ue
with one hand while be tae County DeinOc-
raey's tristng name with the other. All the Demo
cratic polit clans listen when he speaks. lbeS know
that The tongue the tongue OF Muller but the voice
ia the voice oil Hill.